DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.30pm. WHEN former no.1 WBA contender Henry Akinwande fought in South Africa two weeks ago he was still suffering from the hepatitis B virus, but didn’t undergo a medical, a United States hearing has revealed. A medical is required by law to be done on a boxer prior to a […]
ABSA Bank said on Monday it will form a joint venture with local information technology firm Advanced Software Technologies in the desktop outsourcing market. “Based on a five year contract with Absa of between R350-million and R400-million per annum, the new company will have an annual annuity revenue that is expected to grow from an […]
CELLULAR network companies Vodacom and MTN will be given access to the sought-after 1800 GSM spectrum provided they fulfil certain conditions, government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe said on Monday. The cabinet has ruled that the spectrum cannot be reserved solely for SA’s third cellular network operator, scuppering plans by the chosen bidder, Cell C, to lobby […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bangalore | Tuesday 9.40am SOUTH Africa’s historic Test series win in India earned praise from the government, despite the uneasy peace which exists between cricket administrators and politicians. ”After the successes over the English, this triumph in India is a major morale-booster for our sport,” sports minister Ngconde Balfour said in a fax […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.00pm PACEMAN Allan Donald is not too disappointed he fell short of the magical 300-test wicket mark during South Africa’s successful tour of India. ”I said it wasn’t going to be the end of the world if I didn’t achieve it. I was very happy with my performance and I […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.00pm FAST bowler Allan Donald said on Tuesday that South Africa’s series victory in India was the side’s most important achievement since their re-admittance to international cricket nine years ago. ”We respect every win we’ve achieved so far, but I don’t think they come better than this,” he said after […]
THE Cape Town Regional Court on Tuesday morning turned down an application to withdraw the R500000 bail granted last November to Italian millionaire Vito Palazzolo. The Directorate for Public Prosecutions launched an application to have Palazzolo’s bail annulled on grounds that he has become a ”flight risk”. Palazzolo was last week given seven days by […]
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A PARIS court ruled on Monday that a Rwandan former army officer accused of taking part in the genocide of 1994 should be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Francois-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, 45, was arrested at his home in Montauban in southwest France on February 15, on the basis of a warrant […]
TWO survivors of a plane crash in Botswana walked into a game camp in the north-east of the country Sunday after a 200km hike through the desert. The men said they had left three other survivors of Wednesday’s crash when they set off on their journey on Thursday to find help. The aircraft was more […]